IRICEN Journal of Civil Engineering kmZ Á`mo{V go _mJ©Xe©Z Volume 8, No. 2 www.iricen.indianrailways.gov.in June 2015 ice on International Yoga Da Yoga Pract y Manual Inside Excavation for Box Pushing from Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune Key Recommendaons of CE/TP Seminar held on 7 & 8 May, 2015 Item: 1 Provision in the IREPS portal for quoting Entry Tax in the financial bid to be made. In some of the states Entry Tax is levied therefore, additional column shall be provided in IREPS. Recommendation: Additional column shall be provided in IREPS for entry tax. Item: 2 Standard Tender Document for e-procurement Recommendation: The format followed by NWR should be shared for guidance of other railways. Item: 3 Zonal Railways are inviting tender for fabrication and supply of overriding curved switches of 1:12, 1:8.5 T/Out, derailing switches. Recommendation: Following para may be added in the tender conditions: “In case of non availability of shorter length rail with the flash butt welding plant, 13 meter length rail shall be issued to the supplier. In such cases, the balance cut piece of 1m/4m as the case may be has to be returned by the supplier, along with the finished product to the consignee of the purchaser.” Item: 4 Closure of PO with +5% (or Rs. 3.0 lacs whichever is less) of purchase value: Recommendation: Monitory limit of 3 lacs should be increased to 20 lacs. Item: 5 Direct issuance of purchase orders. Recommendation: The system of issuing of 'Advance Acceptance Letter' should be dispensed with. Item: 6 Letter for procurement of trial items should be circulated to Railways only after concurrence of finance directorate Recommendation: RDSO to be given full powers regarding trial items. Item: 7 Revision of security deposit amount for safety Items: Recommendation: Railway Board is requested to consider SAG committee report at the earliest. Item: 8 Standardisation PVC formula : Recommendation: Board may clarify what rates to be taken as RINL has not declared rate of steel for Feb and March. from director's desk Dear Readers, Keeping in with the tradition, this year also IRSE(P) of 2012 batch called on the Hon'ble President of India. The rare occasion of interaction and guidance from the Hon'ble President of India will be a strong motivating factor during their career and rest of their life. Observation of “Railyatri Upbhokta Pakhwada” during this quarter underlines our invigorated commitment towards rail users continually. Similar commitment towards better physical and mental health for meeting challenges in life is inevitable, where yoga can play a crucial role. A new beginning made in this direction on 21st June as “International Yoga Day”. This edition of the journal includes an interesting paper on remodelling of Godhra (WR) yard on NDLS-BCT Rajdhani route, by an innovative approach to increase speed from 10 km/h to 50 km/h leading to substantial saving in running time. The papers on quality control of in situ welding of rail joints by mobile Flash Butt Welding plants has enormous significance in ensuring better reliability and strength compared to AT/SKV welding processes. For high speed and heavier axle loads on IR in-situ FB welding would be de- facto standard for its superior performance. I sincerely hope that the readers would find the papers and other articles contained in this edition timely and useful. I also invite suggestions and contributions for the forthcoming issues of this journal. Pune (Vishwesh Chaubey) 22 July 2015 Director EDITORIAL BOARD Shri Vishwesh Chaubey I n d e x Director/IRICEN Chairman I) Railway News 03 Shri N. C. Sharda Dean II) Events 07 EDITING TEAM Shri C. S. Sharma III) Literature Digest 08 Sr. Professor Track Executive Editor TRACK IV) Technical Papers Shri A. K. Patel Professor - Track I 1. Out of the Box & Fast Pace Remodelling of Godhra Yard. 13 Shri Suresh Pakhare Shri Pradeep Ahirkar, Sr. DEN/Co/BRC/WR., Shri P.S.Meena, Sr.DEE/TRD/BRC/WR, Professor - Track II Shri Anurag Kumar, DEN/East, BRC/WR., Shri Anant Kumar, ADEN/Godhra/WR Shri M. B. Dekate Professor - Track Machine 2. Mobile Flash Butt Welding and Quality Control at Site. 26 Shri N. K. Mishra Shri. Rajiv Gupta, Sr. DEN/Lucknow Associate Professor - Track I Shri J. M. Patekari 3. Success Storey of a Gigantic Rail Under Rail Bridge by Box Pushing Method. 34 Asst. Professor - Track I Sh. Ved Pal, PCE/SECR Shri R. K. Kathal Asst. Professor - Track II 4. Laying of Blanket for Nerul/Belapur-Seawood-Uran Railway Project 38 Shri R. P. Singh Shri Ashutosh Gupta, Dy C.E.(C), C.R., Shri S.S. Tomar/XEN (C), C.R., Asst. Professor - Track III Shri Ashok Kumar J.E. (Works), C.R WORKS Shri R. P. Saxena 5. Using Geo-Textile/Geo-Composite Layers in Lieu of Dry Stone Backing Behind 45 Sr. Professor Engineering Abutments in Bridge Approaches - Value Engineering Scheme Shri S. K. Garg Shri S A K Basha, JGM/RVNL/BBS Sr. Professor Works Shri S. K. Bansal 6. State of the Art Repair Using Non Shrink Free Flow Cementitious Grout (NFCG). 50 Sr. Professor Projects Case Study: Repair of C.C. Apron on Line No. 1& 2 at BRCPs Shri Gautam Birhade Shri Anurag Kumar, DEN/East, BRC/WR Professor Works Shri Neeraj Khare Professor/Est. Shri N. R. Kale Asst. Professor - Works Suggestion for improvement of IRICEN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING are BRIDGES welcome from the readers. Suggestions may be sent to [email protected] Shri Vineet Gupta Sr. Professor Bridge - I Guidelines to contributors Shri Ramesh Pinjani Articles on the Railway Civil Engineering are welcome from the authors. 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The Ref: CT Today, April 2015, Pg 12 government is also planning to build over 200 rail over bridges. “The name 'Sethu Bharatam'aims to connect GMR Consortium Bags Rs.5,080 crore Rail India through bridges. Freight Corridor Project from DFCC The government had asked states to give a list of bridges which are in dilapidated condition and require A consortium of companies led by GMR infrastructure refurbishing. States had given a list of 1000 bridges, of has bagged Rs.5,080 crore contract from Dedicated which the Centre selected 150. Freight Corridor Corporation of India to design and construct a 417-km stretch of the project's eastern arm. The government is already planning the ambitious 'Bharatmala' project, a road connecting India's west The consortium has been issued the Letter of Award for coast with east coast at a cost of around Rs.14,000 two packages, Mughalsarai to Karchana (180 km) and crore. Karchana to Bhaupur (237 km), to be implemented on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) The Ministries of Railways and Road Transport last year basis, the company stated. had signed an agreement to facilitate speedy clearance of rail over and under bridges along national highway “The project, funded by the World Bank, involves design corridors. and construction of civil, structures and track works for a double-line railway….and shall be completed in 45 Ref: CT Today, MAY 2015, Pg 11 months,” it said. The GMR consortium's was the lowest among six bids in L & T Obtains Contract from RVNL Worth $10m a global competition last November. The eastern Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has granted a contract corridor is to cover a total length of 1840 km. worth $10m to L&T InfoTech. “L&T InfoTech, a global GMR group said it was not required to provide any provider of information technology services and equity for the project, as this is to be implemented on an solutions, has been awarded a contract worth EPC basis. US$10million to integrate the business functions of Rail Ref: CT Today, April 2015, Pg 18 Vikas Nigam (RVNL),” the company release.